Edward P. Small, 55, faces a dozen charges after an investigation by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Environmental Strike Force and the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Small owns Associated Processor Services located at 4 Mechanic St. in Natick.

Authorities say Small dumped mercury and industrial wastewater into the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority sewer system and stored medical waste in a locker at a Natick storage facility.

Small is also accused of illegally disposing of medical waste, including syringes and blood contaminated gauze, in a Dumpster that was hauled to a landfill in Auburn, N.Y.

Yesterday in Middlesex Superior Court, a clerk magistrate released Small without bail.

However, the clerk magistrate did set several conditions.

Small cannot store, collect, treat, dispose or handle any hazardous waste. He also is prohibited from storing medical or solid waste at any facility not authorized by the Board of Health.

He was also ordered not to discharge hazardous waste or industrial wastewater into any sewer system.

In all, Small faces seven counts under the Hazardous Waste Management Act four counts of transporting hazardous waste without a permit, operating a storage facility without a license, disposal of hazardous waste without a license and treatment of silver hazardous waste without a license.

Under the Clean Water Act, Small was charged with discharging industry waste without a permit and the discharge of mercury.

Under the state Sanitary Code, Small was charged with two counts of the illegal disposal of medical waste.

Small is also charged with maintaining an unauthorized transfer station under the Solid Waste Management act.

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